1. Creation : - John.1:3
“ All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made.”It is God Almighty who has created every thing out of nothing. The New Testament writers attribute these work to Christ. Cp. Colossians. 1:15 —17. Hebrews.1:10; Revelation. 5:14. He is the origin, and superior to all-yes He is God.
2. Preservation: - Hebrews.1:3; Colossians.1:17.
Not only the Lord created, but He also upholds His creation. It is the Lord Jesus Christ who holds everything together by the word of His power.
3. Forgiving sins : -Mark.2:5—7; Luke.7:48.
When the Lord Jesus Christ said to the paralytic, “Son your sins are forgiven you”, the scribes began to murmur. They are aware, God alone can forgive sins. He assumed the divine prerogative. Not only he declared about forgiving sins, but actually forgave sins. If He was not God, it was a blasphemy indeed.
4. Raising the dead. John.11:43. Mark.5:41; Luke.7:14.
It is God who gives life. Around five times the Lord Jesus Christ said that it is His prerogative to raise the dead. John. 6:39, 40, 54; 10:17, 18; 11:25. Moreover, He did raise the dead to life, even the decomposed body of Lazarus.
Yes, some others also have done it, like Elijah, Elisha, Paul and Peter. But none of them have ever claimed the power to do so. They worked by a delegated power but Christ claimed to have the power to raise the dead. John.10:17, 18.
